Rain postpones Sprint Cup race

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start on the pole in a Chevy alongside Carl Edwards' Ford. It was the circuit's first postponement since last year's season-opening Daytona 500. The marquee event ran the following night for the first time in its history. The rescheduling creates the first day Cup race for the 1.5-mile oval after two events at night.

USA Hockey has tabbed Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma as the coach for the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team at the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio made the announcement Saturday. The 42-year-old Bylsma is 201-92-25 in four-plus seasons with Pittsburgh and led the Penguins to the 2009 Stanley Cup. The Michigan native won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL Coach of the Year in 2011. The Penguins posted the best record in the Eastern Conference this spring and advanced to the conference finals before being swept by the Boston Bruins.

Andrei Kirilenko has decided to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves and will become a free agent. Kirilenko informed the Timberwolves of his decision on Saturday, the deadline that was written into the two-year deal he signed last summer. Kirilenko is declining the one year and $10 million left on his deal in an effort to get one last longer-term deal in his career.

Indianapolis Colts safety Joe Lefeged was arrested early Saturday after officers found an unregistered semiautomatic pistol gun in the car he was riding in, police said. Lefeged was a passenger in a Chevrolet Camaro that fled a traffic stop for speeding in northeast Washington just after midnight Saturday. Officers smelled marijuana in the car and found a container of vodka and orange juice in the center console and a semiautomatic pistol under the front passenger seat, police documents show. A receipt shows Lefeged bought the gun this year for about $900, police said. Lefeged and another passenger were caught when they tried to run from the car in different directions, police said. The driver got away. Court records show Lefeged has been charged with carrying an unlicensed pistol and was being held until a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

Katie Ledecky broke one of the oldest national championship records, finishing the 1,500-meter freestyle in 15 minutes, 47.15 seconds in Indianapolis. She beat 2012 Olympic teammate Chloe Sutton by 20.6 seconds and broke Janet Evans' 25-year-old long-course championship record by nearly 5 seconds. It also was the fastest time in the world this year. Three other Olympic gold medalists — Ryan Lochte in the men's 200 individual medley, Natalie Coughlin in the women's 50 free and Nathan Adrian in the men's 50 free — also won Saturday night.